Spring - quick and easy recipes - page 3

In this recipe from Juice: Recipes for Juicing, Cleansing & Living Well, the earthy sweetness of parsnip, carrot, and beet gets a sweet-tart boost from Fuji apple.

A recipe from Juice: Recipes for Juicing, Cleansing & Living Well that blends the goodness of kale, spinach, romaine, celery, cucumber, and parsley with bright-tasting lemon and Fuji apple.

This recipe from Juice: Recipes for Juicing, Cleansing & Living Well combines two kinds of apple with distinct flavors (Fuji and Granny Smith) with lemon and fresh ginger to create a bright, healthy tonic.

Nothing could be simpler, or better for you: curly kale leaves stripped of large stalks, quickly wilted in simmering water, then tossed with extra-virgin olive oil, lemon zest, and red pepper flakes.

Some Caesar recipes try to downplay the anchovies and garlic, but here you can taste both (hint: The anchovies are in the dressing), and yes, it’s good. This is a great salad to make for a party.

Traditionally, Caesar salad was made tableside by a tuxedoed waiter tossing romaine leaves with the whole egg, cheese, and garlic all at once. We’ve made the process a little bit easier, and a lot less dramatic, by combining the dressing ingredients first. Note: While it’s perfectly safe for healthy adults to consume raw eggs, the elderly, pregnant women, or anyone with a delicate immune system should avoid them.

This alternative to basil and pine nut pesto is great on pizza, pasta, or straight from a spoon.

Polenta, writes Chez Panisse’s Cal Peternell in Twelve Recipes, is “more ratio than recipe.” The standard is 4 parts water to 1 part polenta, simmered for 30 minutes. Be careful to add the polenta to the boiling water in a slow, steady stream with one hand as you whisk with the other—this will prevent lumps from forming. (If you end up with a few lumps despite your best efforts, don’t sweat it; it’ll still taste delicious.) Enriching it at the end with butter and cheese isn’t strictly necessary.

For this quick and easy chicken pho recipe, you’ll need rice vermicelli noodles, shredded meat from a rotisserie chicken, chicken broth, ginger, Asian fish sauce, basil, cilantro, mung bean sprouts, hoisin sauce, and Sriracha.

A classic baked oyster recipe from Jennifer Puccio, executive chef of Marlowe, The Cavalier, and Park Tavern in San Francisco.

A classic French vinaigrette with red wine vinegar, Dijon mustard, shallot, lemon juice, and olive oil is one of the most versatile sauces in the kitchen. Use it to dress a simple green salad or an elaborate composed one, employ it as a quick marinade for raw meats or a casual accompaniment for grilled ones.

Delicious mini tortillas filled with shredded chicken and avocado.

Your search for the perfect Vanilla Cupcakes is over! These have a professional bakery-style crumb that's way more plush and velvety than typical recipes.

How to make simple but delicious pancakes from scratch, my family's favorite easy recipe! This pancake recipe yields incredibly light and fluffy pancakes.

If you like Rice Krispies Treats then you will love these Honey Joys! What is not to like about corn flakes covered in butter, honey, and sugar? They are the perfect party snack/treat.

The bowls are loaded with juicy chipotle seasoned chicken over a bed of cilantro lime rice and topped with avocado, corn, cheese and sour cream.